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title: Install Mindustry on elementary OS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of Mindustry for on elementary OS - A sandbox
  tower defense game
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/mindustry/elementary
---

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# Install Mindustry on **elementary OS**

# Mindustry

[Alan Pope (popey)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/popey "View all snaps from Alan Pope (popey)")

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/mindustry/elementary#install)

#### A sandbox tower defense game

Mindustry is a hybrid tower-defense sandbox factory game.

Create elaborate supply chains of conveyor belts to feed ammo into your turrets, produce materials to use for building, and defend your structures from waves of enemies. Features include a map editor, 24 built-in maps, cross-platform multiplayer and large-scale PvP unit battles.

Mindustry Wiki - autogenerated wiki pages, currently a work in progress. - <https://mindustrygame.github.io/wiki/>

Mindustry Discord- chatroom for discussion - <http://discord.gg/mindustry>

itch.io page - where you may choose to support development by paying for a download - <https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry/purchase>

This is an unofficial snap of Mindustry built with ♥️ from the upstream release file at <https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry/releases> . The yaml which built the snap can be found at <https://github.com/popey/mindustry-snap>

### Package name

* mindustry

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### License

* GPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 11 October 2026 - latest/stable
* 22 October 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [mindustrygame.github.io](https://mindustrygame.github.io/ "https://mindustrygame.github.io/")
* [github.com/popey/mindustry-snap](https://github.com/popey/mindustry-snap "https://github.com/popey/mindustry-snap")

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### Contact

* [alan@popey.com](mailto:alan@popey.com "mailto:alan@popey.com")

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### Donations

* [anuke.itch.io](https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry/purchase "https://anuke.itch.io/mindustry/purchase")

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### Source code

* [github.com/Anuken/Mindustry](https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry "https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/Anuken/Mindustry/issues](https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry/issues "https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/mindustry/elementary#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on elementary OS and install Mindustry

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open *Terminal* from the Applications launcher and type the following:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install Mindustry

To install Mindustry, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install mindustry
```

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#### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs)

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